WASHINGTON – The nation lost 35,092 people in traffic crashes in 2015, ending a 5-decade trend of declining fatalities with a 7.2% increase in deaths from 2014. The final data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed traffic deaths rising across nearly every segment of the population. The last single-year […]
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General Motors Company (ticker: GM) may have settled two cases regarding problematic ignition switches, though the same can’t be said for all its legal issues, reports The Associated Press. The cases in question were due to two instances where airbags failed to work, leading to severe injuries for the plaintiffs. The company also faces other trials,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Traffic fatalities were up 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, continuing a surge in deaths that began two years ago as the economy improved and travel picked up, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the National Safety Council. An estimated
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A woman who suffered a broken spine in a June boat collision on Long Lake accuses the driver of the other craft of being drunk. Lindsay M. Mullan’s lawsuit, filed in Spokane County Superior Court, alleges Marvin L. Olson III drank several mixed drinks with rum on June 28 at Suncrest Park before he left
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration is warning all motorists traveling during the Labor Day holiday to ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’. Through September 5th, advertisements will appear nationwide and law enforcement agencies across the country will be on patrol to protect the public from impaired drivers. According to
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Amtrak has started settling lawsuits with victims of last year’s deadly derailment in Philadelphia, and lawyers involved in the process say a strict confidentiality provision prevents them and their clients from talking about how they’re doing or how much money they’ve received. The railroad reached the first settlements last week, quietly resolving cases brought by
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A crash that left one car wedged under another and pushed the center barrier into a traffic lane brought the Highway 520 bridge commute to its knees Wednesday morning. Backups stretched to Interstate 405 for westbound travelers and to Interstate 5 (and up and down I-5 through Seattle leading toward 520) for eastbound travelers. The
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Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza suffered life-threatening injuries in an off-duty motorcycle accident in Montana, according to the sheriff’s office. The accident happened about 6 p.m. Tuesday while Snaza was riding in Northwest Montana, the sheriff’s office says in a news release. He was airlifted to a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where he is
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The family of a Gig Harbor man killed a year ago by a falling tree filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against eight companies involved with logging the site where the tree fell. Jennifer Lee Morgan, wife of Jamie Fay, 36, filed the suit in Pierce County Superior Court. Fay died Aug. 29, 2015, when
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A 31-year-old man was killed Tuesday while fleeing from police in a stolen car, according to a Pierce County Sheriff’s Department news release. Deputies saw the Saturn sedan traveling on 121st Street East through Parkland about 2:45 p.m., the department said. When they tried to pull the car over, the suspect fled east and clipped
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